NXT Tag Champion Fabian Aichner Talks Living His Dream
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Fabian Aichner is living his dream as NXT Tag Team Champion.
Two weeks ago, Fabian, along with his partner, Marcel Barthel, captured the championship from the disintegrating team of Matt Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher. Speaking with Metro, Fabian talks about living his dream and how he first discovered wrestling at the age of 13.
“I just came across wrestling by accident. I was just flipping through the channels and I saw the last five minutes of a SmackDown episode. I was just like, “This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen’. Instantly, as soon as I saw the ring and all the people around it, these big guys – I think it was Undertaker against Brock Lesnar and Big Show in a Triple Threat Match. I was like, ‘This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!’ I just knew instantly, that’s what I want to do with my life.”
Now, he says he is living that dream and he has one of the greatest of all time, Shawn Michaels as a mentor.
“To me, it’s unbelievable. I saw SmackDown for the first time when I was 13 years old, so all those people were in their prime. You try to get better, you try to watch matches and see what they’re doing, the little things in the ring. And now obviously coming here, every week we’re sitting down with Shawn Michaels and he’s giving us feedback.”
To read the full interview, including Fabian’s thoughts about The Undertaker’s new WWE documentary series, Undertaker: The Last Ride, click here.